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Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: 0 | Draft | Security Category: Business | Compartments: Device, Patient, Practitioner |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the DeviceAssociation resource.
| DeviceAssociation | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation |
| Definition | A record of association or dissociation of a device with a patient. |
| Short Display | A record of association or dissociation of a device with a patient |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | DomainResource |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.identifier | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.identifier |
| Definition | Instance identifier. |
| Short Display | Instance identifier |
| Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | Identifier |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.device | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.device |
| Definition | Reference to the devices associated with the patient or group. |
| Short Display | Reference to the devices associated with the patient or group |
| Cardinality | 1..1 |
| Type | Reference(Device) |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.category | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.category |
| Definition | Describes the relationship between the device and subject. |
| Short Display | Describes the relationship between the device and subject |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.status | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.status |
| Definition | Indicates the state of the Device association. |
| Short Display | implanted | explanted | attached | entered-in-error | unknown |
| Cardinality | 1..1 |
| Terminology Binding | DeviceAssociation Status Codes (Required) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.statusReason | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.statusReason |
| Definition | The reasons given for the current association status. |
| Short Display | The reasons given for the current association status |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Terminology Binding | DeviceAssociation Status Reason Codes (Required) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.subject | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.subject |
| Definition | The individual, group of individuals or device that the device is on or associated with. |
| Short Display | The individual, group of individuals or device that the device is on or associated with |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Patient | Group | Practitioner | RelatedPerson | Device) |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.bodyStructure | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.bodyStructure |
| Definition | Current anatomical location of the device in/on subject. |
| Short Display | Current anatomical location of the device in/on subject |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(BodyStructure) |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.period | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.period |
| Definition | Begin and end dates and times for the device association. |
| Short Display | Begin and end dates and times for the device association |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | Period |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.operation | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.operation |
| Definition | The details about the device when it is in use to describe its operation. |
| Short Display | The details about the device when it is in use to describe its operation |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.operation.status | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.operation.status |
| Definition | Device operational condition corresponding to the association. |
| Short Display | Device operational condition |
| Cardinality | 1..1 |
| Terminology Binding | FHIR Device Association Operation Status (Example) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.operation.operator | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.operation.operator |
| Definition | The individual performing the action enabled by the device. |
| Short Display | The individual performing the action enabled by the device |
| Cardinality | 0..* |
| Type | Reference(Patient | Practitioner | RelatedPerson) |
| Summary | true |
| DeviceAssociation.operation.period | |
| Element Id | DeviceAssociation.operation.period |
| Definition | Begin and end dates and times for the device's operation. |
| Short Display | Begin and end dates and times for the device's operation |
| Cardinality | 0..1 |
| Type | Period |
| Summary | true |